Do you know where this is?

Chamberlin, Barnard & Co., pictured in this July 4, 1865, image, was doing its part, as so many others were, to greet the soldiers who came marching home after the northern victory in the Civil War.

Like so many, this establishment's employees and owners were likely joyous to see the end of the terrible conflict that had claimed more than 600,000 American lives, a record that stood as more than all other wars combined until more than 100 years later.

Massachusetts lost more than 5,000 in battle, about 13,000 total (including those who died from disease) of the more than 140,000 the state sent to battle from its 1.2 million free residents. The war that took so many lives also left hundreds of thousands of others wounded and often maimed so that they would not work again, or at least not in their pre-war profession.

No family, no community went unscathed.

All decked out in bunting for the joyous day that celebrated the end of the war and the birthday of the newly reunited country, the store must have been a source of pride to the gentleman in the center, likely Mr. George Sumner, one of the partners of the store's founder, Mr. Henry Chamberlin.

Mr. Chamberlin established the dry goods store in 1842. In 1850, he partnered with two former clerks, Lewis Barnard and Sumner, to rename the firm the H.H. Chamberlin and Co., and in 1852 moved to this newly built (by Mr. Barnard) store across the busy street, to become Chamberlin, Barnard & Co.

Hint: This building's very distinguished restored 1857 neighbor now uses the lot where this dry goods store once stood for parking.

— Melissa McKeon. See tomorrow's Telegram & Gazette and telegram.com for the answer.